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May 5, 2024 · And reflecting on this museum of the underground hidden strata in the thicket of Belarusian Kurapaty mass execution site near Minsk, or the Russian Sandarmokh with more than 6,000 victims identified by the activist Yuri Dmitirev (now in prison for 13 years due to his work, not welcomed by Putin’s regime), or Polish Sobibor afforested with new ...
3 days ago · The man was involved in the anarchist case; he was detained in the fall of 2020. The prosecution was based on cases related to the arson of official cars, the building of the traffic police and the state committee of examinations in the Homiel region. In total, the Minsk Regional Court sentenced Ramanau to 20 years in a maximum security colony.
1 day ago · In 1988, for instance, the mass graves at Kurapaty in Belarus were the site of a clash between demonstrators and the police. In 1990, a boulder stone was brought from the former Solovki prison camp in the White Sea, and erected next to KGB headquarters in Moscow as a memorial to all "the victims of political repression" since 1917.
May 3, 2024 · The head of the Belarusian security service said on Thursday it had thwarted an attack on the capital Minsk by drones launched from Lithuania, Russian state news agencies said. Lithuania denied...
6 days ago · Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko met in Minsk to bolster their alliance in the Eastern continent while discussing economic and security...
May 20, 2024 · Minsk, city, capital of Belarus, and administrative centre of Minsk oblast (region). The city lies along the Svisloch River. First mentioned in 1067, it became the seat of a principality in 1101. Minsk passed to Lithuania in the 14th century and later to Poland and was regained by Russia in the.
6 days ago · Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived on Tuesday in Minsk for a two-day visit, accepting an invitation from Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Published 3:02 PM PDT, May 23, 2024.
